Entertainment
WHY IS RICHA CHADDA ANGRY?
Name dropping is something which is thoroughly looked down upon and has caused quite a few relations to go sour. Richa Chadda, the latest victim of such name dropping is furious and at the same […]
Month: August 2014
Europe
NEPAL LANDSLIDE: Death toll touches 156, search called off
KATHMANDU: Nepal government on Wednesday declared dead the 123 people missing in the country’s worst landslide in over a decade, taking the death toll from the disaster to 156, as the search for the bodies […]
Entertainment
Rani Mukerji unveils ‘Mardaani’ anthem
Actress Rani Mukerji on Monday unveiled ‘Mardaani’ anthem and says it talks about “anger and frustration” women go through. “This anthem is a thought that has come from the anger and frustration we go through […]
Europe
Sri Lanka disappearances probe panel term extended
COLOMBO: The term of a Sri Lankan government-appointed panel probing the cases of missing persons during the three-decade war with the LTTE has been extended by nearly seven months. President Mahinda Rajapaksa extended the term […]
Entertainment
DEEPIKA PADUKONE’S GOAN TREAT FOR COLLEAGUES
While on outdoors schedules Bollywood Actors generally tend to crave delicacies of the region they are shooting in. But long schedules of work and strict diet plans don’t allow them to gorge enough food. During […]
Europe
Afghan policeman turns on his colleagues, kills 7
KABUL: A local official says an Afghan policeman has turned his gun on his colleagues at a checkpoint in the south, killing seven policemen. The shooting was the latest among socalled insider attacks in which […]
Entertainment
Europe
Afghan terror allegations ‘baseless’, Pakistan says
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday rejected allegations from Kabul that it was involved in terrorist attacks and insurgent activities on Afghan soil. Foreign office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam said in her weekly briefing that Afghanistan has been […]
Europe
1 Sikh killed, 2 injured in gunmen attack in Pakistan’s Peshawar
ISLAMABAD: Unidentified gunmen attacked members of the Sikh community in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Wednesday killing one on the spot while injuring two others. Police officials said that the attack occurred at a […]
Entertainment
JESSICA ALBA: ONCE TOMBOY, NOW ‘WOMAN’ FEELS SAUCIER
Actress Jessica Alba, who has recently featured in a sensuous photoshoot for a magazine, says there was a time when she was a tomboy and had to make an extra effort to look “sexy”. But […]
Business & Economics
Kerry Visit: Not Much Expected, Not Much Achieved
Not too much was expected from the justconcluded India-US strategic dialogue and not too much has resulted. Its importance lay in resuming and creating a congenial atmosphere for high level engagement after several US steps […]
Entertainment
THREE DAYS OF SILENCE FOR GISELE BUNDCHEN
Supermodels Gisele Bundchen has undertaken three days of meditative silence while on vacation in Costa Rica. The Brazilian supermodel is currently on vacation in Costa Rica with fellow model Kiara Kabukuru and the two have […]
Business & Economics
Questions about Nuclear Weapons
Non-Proliferation Ayatollahs are again chasing India In a partisan and condescending editorial in early July 2014, New York Times wrote: “If India wants to be part of the nuclear suppliers group, it needs to sign […]
Other News
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
CONTD FROM Vol 8 ISSUE 30 || 4 || 9 || SORAT’H, FIRST MEHL, PANCH-PADAS: You cannot save your own home from being plundered; why do you spy on the houses of others? That Gurmukh […]
Featured
Modi government deserves appreciation for opening up wide to FDI
The recent decision of Modi government on foreign direct investment (FDI) should be seen as a positive step in the right direction. The process of liberalization set in motion by the Congress government in 1991 […]
Featured
To each superpower, its own near-abroad
The downing of MH17 puts the spotlight back on the Ukrainian crisis. It’s a warning to the West to eschew attempts to ‘contain’ Moscow and stop the provocative expansion of NATO across Russia’s borders. In […]
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THE RAMAYANA
contined from vol 8 issue 30 And as VISHNU with his consort dwells in skies, alone, apart, Rama in a sweet communion lived in Sita’s loving heart! THE COUNCIL CONVENED Thus the young and brave […]
United States
Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation to Protect New Yorkers From Immigration Assistance Fraud
New law strengthens penalties for those who take advantage of immigrants and codifies the Office for New Americans, launched last year ALBANY, NY (TIP): Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, August 6, signed legislation to better protect […]
Indian Americans
Indian American couple held for physically abusing their 12 year old daughter
NEW YORK (TIP): An Indian American couple from Queens, New York, are behind bars and face lengthy jail time for physically abusing their 12-year-old daughter for two years, including beating her bloody with a baseball […]
United States
Hit-and-run driver pleads guilty
Michael Elardo, a former NYPD officer who struck and killed a Levittown Girl in June, will serve up to four years in prison LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): A former New York City police officer from […]
Other News
INTERESTING WAYS TO REUSE YOUR DENIM
Have you ever had to give away your favourite pair of jeans even though you didn’t want to? Now, you can reuse them instead of bearing the pain of parting with them. If your denims […]
India
Sikh Rights Group Seeks Info on Obama’s Invite to PM Modi
NEW YORK (TIP): A New York based Sikh rights group has filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking documents relating to the Obama administration’s decision to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
United States
New York patient tests negative for Ebola
NEW YORK (TIP): In a statement Wednesday , August 6, Mount Sinai said that the Centers for Disease Control and Protection “determined that the patient kept in isolation since Monday” is not infected with the […]
United States
CONGRESSMAN CROWLEY STRONGLY CONDEMNS ATTACK ON SIKH BUSINESSMAN IN QUEENS
QUEENS, NY (TIP): Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), a leader on Sikh- American issues who spearheaded the effort to encourage the Department of Justice and FBI to begin tracking and quantifying hate crimes against […]
Europe
SIAEA launches Philadelphia Chapter
Society of Indo American Engineers and Architects opened their first chapter, after 34 years of the Society’s creation. Philadelphia Chapter became the first chapter of SIAEA, having been inaugurated on June 22nd 2014, under SIAEA […]